https://shestherun.com/2019/04/09/retire-the-race-shirt/https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/shirts-159567_1280.pngshirts-159567_1280Image by <a href="https://pixabay.com/users/OpenClipart-Vectors-30363/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=159567">OpenClipart-Vectors</a> from <a href="https://pixabay.com/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=159567">Pixabay</a>2021-08-06T19:27:07+00:00monthlyhttps://shestherun.com/now/https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_1bd6.jpegfullsizeoutput_1bd6Did a "Strength Training for Runners" Class at Athleta This Spring!https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/f58ca73f-3a26-4946-a8c6-4cf24c112b89.jpgF58CA73F-3A26-4946-A8C6-4CF24C112B892019-06-27T21:42:20+00:00weekly0.6https://shestherun.com/2019/06/27/mind-over-mediocrity/2019-06-27T21:30:28+00:00monthlyhttps://shestherun.com/holly/events-trips/2019-06-27T20:56:27+00:00weekly0.6https://shestherun.com/2019/02/12/dude-wheres-my-time/2019-02-12T06:19:23+00:00monthlyhttps://shestherun.com/holly/https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/blog_ty_talltrees.jpgblog_ty_talltreeshttps://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_4776-e1518211120952.jpgIMG_4776https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/28912960_unknown.jpg28912960_UnknownRoad to Mount Banks, Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia.https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/runlog_mar_17photo.pngrunlog_mar_17photohttps://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_0090.jpgIMG_0090https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/fullsizerender.jpgFullSizeRenderhttps://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_0802.jpgimg_0802https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_0512.jpgimg_0512https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_0511.jpgimg_0511https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_0504.jpgimg_05042018-02-09T21:21:17+00:00weekly0.6https://shestherun.com/2018/01/02/blue-mountains-nsw-australia-pt-1/https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/28915616_unknown.jpg28915616_Unknownhttps://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/28914912_unknown.jpg28914912_Unknownhttps://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/28915104_unknown.jpg28915104_Unknownhttps://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/28914864_unknown1.jpg28914864_Unknownhttps://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/fullsizeoutput_e28.jpegfullsizeoutput_e28https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/28916192_unknown.jpg28916192_UnknownMore delightful single track.https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/28916176_unknown.jpg28916176_UnknownMost people who hike this go up to a lookout from the lot, I was the only person on this trail that went down to the river. https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/28916160_unknown.jpg28916160_Unknownhttps://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/28916128_unknown.jpg28916128_UnknownThis was the best part of my day.https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/28916112_unknown.jpg28916112_UnknownTaking a load off.2018-02-09T21:15:03+00:00monthlyhttps://shestherun.com/2018/01/13/blue-mountains-nsw-australia-pt-2/https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/fullsizeoutput_e4e.jpegfullsizeoutput_e4ehttps://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/fullsizeoutput_e4f.jpegfullsizeoutput_e4fhttps://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/fullsizeoutput_e51.jpegfullsizeoutput_e51https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/7bekt7q7swowe8gsr8pppw.jpg7beKT7q7SwOwe8GSR8Pppwhttps://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/tyerqidjqf6roqjxiqcqgw.jpgTYErQiDJQF6rOQjxiQCQgwhttps://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/fullsizeoutput_e52.jpegfullsizeoutput_e52https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/fullsizeoutput_e53.jpegfullsizeoutput_e53https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/arhe6djvs9kyvj9bkuxzyw.jpgArHe6dJvS9KYvJ9BkUXZYwhttps://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/sassafrass-gully-run-e1515857201257.jpgSassafrass Gully RunThe longer, straighter trail is the one I ran, Yondell Extension, which goes out to some pretty cool views and is a nice little warm up exercise to mellow you out for some slower hiking.2018-02-09T16:48:26+00:00monthlyhttps://shestherun.com/2015/10/29/new-attitude/https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_4409.jpgIMG_4409https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_4355.jpgIMG_4355Less than a mile from the finish at the 2015 Rose Bowl Half Marathon. Happy lady, running at ease.https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_3247.jpgIMG_3247Finding a familiar face in the crowd at the Nike Women's 2014 Half Marathon.https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_2254-e1446106804619.jpgIMG_2254Trying to keep pace with those high school gazelles in a mile race.https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_2233.jpgIMG_2233I was floored when this young lady asked for a picture together after our neck and neck race. 2018-02-09T16:44:40+00:00monthlyhttps://shestherun.com/2017/06/23/time-not-place-dedicated-training-personal-best/https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_2599-1.jpgimg_2599-1https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_2599.jpgimg_2599https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_2892.jpgimg_2892https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_2891.jpgimg_28912018-02-09T16:39:22+00:00monthlyhttps://shestherun.com/2015/10/04/my-first-dnf-lessons-learned/https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_4606-1.jpgIMG_4606 (1)Help is on the way, thank goodness. 2018-02-09T16:36:03+00:00monthlyhttps://shestherun.com/2015/10/05/why-im-here/https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/fullsizerender.jpgFullSizeRenderFull Moon run up the Sam Merrill Trail to see the runners of Angeles Crest 100 go by.2018-02-09T16:34:36+00:00monthlyhttps://shestherun.com/2015/10/07/solo-travel-thoughts-new-zealand-running/https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/p3130580.jpgMy GuideHe called me "Hollywood" and told me I had a great smile.https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/p3130579.jpgNew ExperienceSuccess!https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/p3130577.jpgLook what I caught!I was super proud of my first catch.https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/p3120566.jpgMy whipI drove on the right for the first time making a trip from Queenstown to a lake (can't remember the name) to go fly fishinghttps://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/p3110542.jpgP3110542.JPGI managed to make friends every place I went aside from Auckland. These Australian girls were on Holiday in Queenstown. I met them on a flight to Milford Soundhttps://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/p3100531.jpgP3100531.JPGOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/p3100476.jpgReady to go!Ready to take a flight from Queenstown to Milford Sound. I got to sit co-pilot on the way there!https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/p3100473.jpgSouth IslandCan you believe it?https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/p3100472.jpgFlight to Milford SoundThis flight was more terrifying than the bungy jump I did the day before.https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/p3080448.jpg2018-02-09T16:32:42+00:00monthlyhttps://shestherun.com/2015/10/15/taking-shape-2/https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_0210.jpgimg_0210https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/fullsizerender-3.jpgFullSizeRender-3https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/fullsizerender-22.jpgFullSizeRender-22018-02-09T16:31:34+00:00monthlyhttps://shestherun.com/2015/10/18/harvesting-wind/https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_6218.jpgIMG_6218I can come up with any excuse not to get a workout in, but those are the times that exercise turns out to be the most rewarding.https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_6155.jpgIMG_61552018-02-09T16:30:17+00:00monthlyhttps://shestherun.com/2015/11/08/slacker/https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_6445.jpgIMG_6445Sh*t hurts, but it's worth it!https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/fullsizerender-2.jpgFullSizeRender-2https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/rosebowl_trail_4-5.jpgrosebowl_trail_4.5https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/fullsizerender.jpgFullSizeRender2018-02-09T16:28:38+00:00monthlyhttps://shestherun.com/2015/11/24/part-of-the-process/https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_6535.jpgIMG_6535https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_6531.jpgIMG_6531https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_6536.jpgIMG_6536https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_6528.jpgIMG_6528https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_6530.jpgIMG_65302018-02-09T16:26:13+00:00monthlyhttps://shestherun.com/2016/02/06/devil-spelled-backwards-is-lived/https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_6761.jpgIMG_6761This is the first time I've been in snow at all this winter. https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_6737.jpgIMG_6737Annie taking in the viewhttps://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_6762.jpgIMG_6762Snow selfie. Tourists for sure. https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_6760.jpgIMG_6760Holly on the run. Look how great this trail is!https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_6715.jpgIMG_6715Devil's Punchbowlhttps://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/fullsizerender_1.jpgFullSizeRender_1The walkway leading out to Devil's Chairhttps://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_6751.jpgIMG_6751Tending to my achy calves and feet.https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_6712.jpgIMG_6712Devil's Punchbowlhttps://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_6729.jpgIMG_6729The trail leading out of Devil's Punchbowl and toward Devil's Chair/Burkhart Saddle. https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/fullsizerender.jpgFullSizeRender2018-02-09T16:25:03+00:00monthlyhttps://shestherun.com/2016/03/16/joshua-tree-trail-running/https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_6970.jpgIMG_6970https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_6966.jpgIMG_6966Annie running, four mile mark.https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_6960.jpgIMG_6960https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_6958.jpgIMG_6958The only spot of shade on the trail. I ran with 1.5 liters of water and another liter of sports drink (watermelon NUUN).https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_6957.jpgIMG_6957Here we go!https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_6954.jpgIMG_6954Finished and ready to eat. I got hungry about 45 minutes in. It was hard work.https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_6953.jpgIMG_6953Desert Queen Mine Road leads into several trail heads, including Pine City, from Park Blvd. https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_6942.jpgIMG_6942Annie was all about climbing on the rocks. I was all about looking for snakes. I've still never come across a rattlesnake in 6+ years of trail running in SoCal.https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_6938.jpgIMG_6938I liked this tree, that's about it. https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_6933.jpgIMG_6933We were lucky, the strong winds didn't blow out all of the atmospheric phenomena that make for great sunsets. 2018-02-09T06:47:50+00:00monthlyhttps://shestherun.com/2016/10/27/homerun/https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_8098.jpgimg_8098https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_8095.jpgimg_8095Part of Houston's downtown skyline as seen from the Buffalo Bayou Park Hike & Bike Trailhttps://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_8085.jpgimg_8085Kind of like trail running, with these sidewalks.https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_8077.jpgimg_8077Definitely missed the sky in Houston. The clouds here do wonderful things.https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/fullsizerender.jpgfullsizerenderhttps://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/fullsizerender_1.jpgfullsizerender_1Quiet suburban streets around my place are good for running- this one had been recently paved with asphalt though, and was a bit sticky still. Resistance training! Woo!2018-02-09T06:41:16+00:00monthlyhttps://shestherun.com/2017/01/08/running-away-from-nihilism/2018-02-09T06:37:53+00:00monthlyhttps://shestherun.com/2017/01/19/return-to-racing/https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/fullsizerender.jpgfullsizerenderHanging out along mile 6 of the Houston Marathon & Half course.https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0052.jpgimg_00522018-02-09T06:34:32+00:00monthlyhttps://shestherun.com/2017/02/16/performance-perspectives-recap-of-rhythm-and-blues-5k/https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/140475-320-024h2.jpg140475-320-024hI don't think I was even at the first mile marker at this point. I'm looking ahead to the top of a hill (or what constitutes a "hill" in Houston)https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/140475-031-022h1.jpg140475-031-022hI hear footsteps and look for some grit.https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/140475-031-021h1.jpg140475-031-021hHurting.https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/140475-320-023h1.jpg140475-320-023hhttps://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/140475-130-003h1.jpg140475-130-003hhttps://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/140475-130-002h1.jpg140475-130-002hhttps://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/140475-320-024h1.jpg140475-320-024hhttps://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/140475-031-023h1.jpg140475-031-023hPretending that I'm actually running a 100 meter race and didn't just run 3 miles.https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/140475-320-024h.jpg140475-320-024hhttps://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/140475-320-023h.jpg140475-320-023h2018-02-09T06:30:25+00:00monthlyhttps://shestherun.com/2016/06/01/great-glen-way-part-one/https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_7054.jpgIMG_7054Needing out on Harry Potter lore like a boss.https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0578.jpgIMG_0578Boots! HA! https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0574.jpgIMG_0574Quiet, quiet, quiet.https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0565.jpgIMG_0565I stopped every few minutes to snap photos until I realized I'd never get to my destination. But come on, look at this...https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0563.jpgIMG_0563https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0556.jpgIMG_0556I really lucked into some good weather this day.https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0552.jpgIMG_0552https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0551.jpgIMG_0551https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0537.jpgIMG_0537There were several waterfalls along this stretch.https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0525.jpgIMG_0525Found more trail after Clunes- but first, let's take a selfie. 2018-02-09T06:25:57+00:00monthlyhttps://shestherun.com/2016/06/20/great-glen-way-part-2/https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_7792.jpgIMG_7792https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_7190.jpgIMG_7190https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0747.jpgIMG_0747https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0734.jpgIMG_0734Run like hell.https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0722.jpgIMG_0722Loch Ness. https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0721.jpgIMG_0721https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0709.jpgIMG_0709Southern viewhttps://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0705.jpgIMG_0705Loved running this.https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0699.jpgIMG_0699https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0693.jpgIMG_06932018-02-09T06:25:37+00:00monthlyhttps://shestherun.com/2017/03/03/houston-trailrunning-cullinan-park-and-brazos-bend-state-park/https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_0837.jpgimg_0837https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_0836.jpgimg_0836No filter, one of the last views on Elm Lake before my run was finished. https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_0832.jpgimg_0832My favorite segment of the day- Pliant Slough Trail.https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_08281.jpgimg_0828https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_0824.jpgimg_0824https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_0821.jpgimg_0821Couldn't muster the cajones to pass this guy.https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_0818.jpgimg_0818Seen from a bridgehttps://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_0816.jpgimg_0816Spillway Trailhttps://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_0814.jpgimg_0814First striking scenery off of the Elm Lake Loop https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_0862.jpgimg_08622018-02-09T06:25:15+00:00monthlyhttps://shestherun.com/2018/01/18/chevron-houston-marathon-pt-1-the-race/https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/hou_marathon_21-e1518108902595.jpgHou_Marathon_2https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/fullsizeoutput_e57.jpegfullsizeoutput_e57https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/hou_marathon_7.jpgHou_Marathon_7https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/hou_marathon_8.jpgHou_Marathon_8https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/hou_marathon_9-e1516306294686.jpgHou_Marathon_9https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/hou_marathon_10.jpgHou_Marathon_10https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/hou_marathon_4.jpgHou_Marathon_4https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/hou_marathon_5.jpgHou_Marathon_5https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/hou_marathon_6-e1516306716430.jpgHou_Marathon_6There's the appropriate facial expression for the marathon: Trying to smile but actually grimacing. https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/hou_marathon_3.jpgHou_Marathon_32018-02-09T06:10:54+00:00monthlyhttps://shestherun.com/2017/01/26/horseshoe-trail-run-houston-tx/https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/fullsizerender-21.jpgfullsizerender-2View from the starting line. It didn't rain again during the race, and by the time i was done the fog had lifted as well.https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_00521.jpgimg_00522018-02-09T06:09:46+00:00monthlyhttps://shestherun.com/2017/02/09/on-training-off-track/https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/fullsizerender.jpgfullsizerenderAll the apps I use under the header "fitness". Notice the Calm App, its a bit pricey but the name is not false advertising- it works!2018-02-09T06:07:30+00:00monthlyhttps://shestherun.com/2017/03/12/race-recap-crazy-desert-trail-race/https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_0962.jpgIMG_0962This is the route I ran, you can see the little out and back segment when I went the wrong way in the top left corner.https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_0963.jpgIMG_0963https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_0961.jpgIMG_0961https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_0960.jpgIMG_0960https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_0959.jpgIMG_0959https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_0958.jpgIMG_0958https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_0957.jpgIMG_0957https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_0956.jpgIMG_0956https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_0955.jpgIMG_0955https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_0954.jpgIMG_09542018-02-09T06:03:11+00:00monthlyhttps://shestherun.com/2017/03/19/here-comes-the-airplane-mode/https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_1080.jpgIMG_1080Wouldn't you want to give this your full attention, too?https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_1063.pngIMG_10632018-02-09T06:01:40+00:00monthlyhttps://shestherun.com/2017/03/23/trail-run-training-progress/https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_1157-e1490278717245.jpgIMG_1157The route I ran is marked in Blue. There was a little more steady incline on the back end (Green Route/Triple C Trail), otherwise little hills throughout. A really FUN RUN!https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_1076.jpgIMG_10762018-02-09T05:59:08+00:00monthlyhttps://shestherun.com/2017/03/29/do-the-things-run-the-miles/https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_1186.jpgIMG_1186Saw the 10k heading out as I left. This is the runners waiting on people to descend a narrow passage. Thanked myself for going out in front because this would have not been fun to wait on.https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_1182.jpgIMG_1182I'm all about the data and the pacing. I need to rely less on my watch, though, and more on how I feel.https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_1179.jpgIMG_1179The field lining up for the 5k. I moved towards the front when the Race Director called for 7-8 minute milers to move up. Getting stuck behind slower runners sucks a little more than going out too fast, so I moved to the front.https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_1161.jpgIMG_1161Lifestyle glimpse: From last Thursday, chowing down on cookie dough treats at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo before seeing Blink182.https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/fullsizerender1.jpgFullSizeRenderI was actually alone for a lot of the last mile, with the nearest runners being over 100 meters ihttps://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/fullsizerender_2.jpgFullSizeRender_2I thought I lost my phone, so this https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_1383.jpgIMG_1383This has been on my mirror since I moved to Houston. I wanted to be more active in making my life what I wanted it to be, no longer relying on luck or chance for good things to happen.https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/fullsizerender_1.jpgFullSizeRender_16th place women's, 34th overall. I think I probably had it in me to place 5th but not higher. Hope that thought pushes me in the next race. 2018-02-09T05:54:39+00:00monthlyhttps://shestherun.com/2017/04/20/by-means-of-the-sole/https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_1809.jpgIMG_1809I did not take the bypass, but good to know its there for peo https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_1802.jpgIMG_1802https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_1795.jpgIMG_1795I appreciated the chance to get on some technical terrain.https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_1791.jpgIMG_1791The trail wound in and out of woods.https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/fullsizerender.jpgFullSizeRenderThis was my favorite view of the whole run.https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/fullsizerender_1.jpgFullSizeRender_1Wildlife! It didn't move from the moment I caught sight of it until I ran off.https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_1812.jpgIMG_18122018-02-08T17:30:45+00:00monthlyhttps://shestherun.com/2017/07/14/trail-run-in-japan-sapporo/https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_3796.jpgIMG_3796This wayhttps://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_3778.jpgIMG_3778Would have run in that direction if I had more daylight. https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_3768.jpgIMG_3768https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_3754.jpgIMG_3754https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_37231.jpgIMG_3723https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_3723.jpgIMG_3723That wayhttps://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_3720.jpgIMG_3720https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_3719.jpgIMG_3719https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_3712.jpgIMG_3712https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_3753.jpgIMG_3753This is Mt Moiwa, I believe. Or another hill I should have climb2018-02-08T17:27:40+00:00monthlyhttps://shestherun.com/2018/01/01/next-chapter/https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_5047-1.jpgimg_5047-1https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_5047.jpgimg_5047https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_5419.jpgimg_54192018-02-08T17:27:05+00:00monthlyhttps://shestherun.com/what-this-blog-is-about/https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/blog_ty_shoes1.jpgblog_ty_shoes1https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/blog_ty_looking2.jpgblog_ty_looking2018-02-08T15:35:05+00:00weekly0.6https://shestherun.com/about/https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/fullsizerender1.jpgNikeIDI personalized these shoes with my Instagram handle a few months ago. Follow me @shestherun on Instagram for shots of my runs and days.https://shestherun.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_3365.jpgIMG_3365Trail Running. Just can't get enough!2018-01-02T18:51:54+00:00weekly0.6https://shestherun.comdaily1.02021-08-06T19:27:07+00:00